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Please cite the dataset as: 
Ewers Lewis, Carolyn; Carnell, Paul; Macreadie, Peter, 2020, "Victoria Coastal Blue Carbon Sediment Dataset", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6PFBO0, Harvard Dataverse, V1 

Please cite the original publication as: 
Ewers Lewis, C. J., Carnell, P. E., Sanderman, J., Baldock, J. A. and Macreadie, P. I.: Variability and Vulnerability of Coastal �Blue Carbon� Stocks: A Case Study from Southeast Australia, Ecosystems, 21, 263�247, doi:10.1007/s10021-017-0150-z, 2018. doi: doi:10.1007/s10021-017-0150-z

Table column descriptions:
A.	BlueCarbonID: Unique identifier for each sample, consisting of a 2-cm thick section of a 5-cm diameter sediment core.
B.	CMA: Catchment Management Authority region, including Glenelg Hopkins (GH), Corangamite (C), Port Phillip and Westernport Bay (PPW), West Gippsland (WG), and East Gippsland (EG).
C.	Location: Acronym for location name.
D.	Park: Name of park, if applicable.
E.	NearbyPark: Name of nearby park, if applicable.
F.	North: Latitude of location in decimal degrees.
G.	East: Longitude of location in decimal degrees.
H.	Site: Number of places cores were taken within each location (e.g. if location only contained one ecosystem type, sites were numbered 1-3, one for each replicate; if all three ecosystems types were present (i.e. seagrass, salt marsh, and mangroves), sites were numbered 1-9 at that location).
I.	Habitat: Habitat/ecosystem type where the core was collected, salt marsh (SM), mangrove (MG), or seagrass (SG).
J.	Replicate: Replicate core number (1-3 for each habitat at each location).
K.	Depth_cm: The depth (in centimeters) from which the sample was collected within the core; includes 0-2 cm, 14-16 cm, and 28-30 cm increments for each core replicate.
L.	Dry_weight_g: Dry weight of the sample in grams.
M.	Height_cm: The height (in centimeters) of the sediment sample taken from within the core (2 cm for all sections; see �Depth_cm� for details.
N.	Volumne_cm3: Original volume of the sample (cubic centimeters) based on original dimensions (cylinder with 5-cm diameter and 2-cm height).
O.	DBD_g_cm3: Dry bulk density of the sample (grams per cubic centimeter). Calculated as the dry weight divided by the original volume of the sample.
P.	TC_mg_g: Total carbon (milligrams per gram of dry sediment).
Q.	OC_mg_g: Organic carbon (milligrams per gram of dry sediment).
R.	IC_mg_g: Inorganic carbon (milligrams per gram of dry sediment).
S.	TN_mg_g: Total nitrogen (milligrams per gram of dry sediment).
T.	Percent_C: Percentage of sample that is organic carbon (by dry weight); calculated by dividing (X mg C/g sediment) by (1,000 mg/g), then multiplying by 100 to convert to percent.
U.	mg_Corg_cm3: Organic carbon density for each 2-cm sediment section in milligrams per cubic centimeter. Calculated by multiplying proportion carbon (by converting OC to grams per gram; OC divided by 1000) by dry bulk density, then converting to milligrams (multiplying by 1000). 
